Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at the Ohio State University Library

The Billy Ireland archive is located at Ohio State University in Columbus. From their website: ‘The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum houses the world’s largest collection of materials related to cartoons and comics, including original art, books, magazines, journals, comic books, archival materials, and newspaper comic strip pages and clippings.’

A quick search produced 38 works by Rowlandson, 48 by Gillray (some were pages of his notebook rather than cartoons), 70 by the Cruikshanks). Each image carries information about copyright. Those I looked at stated that although OSU believed the image was in the public domain, users should assess copyright for themselves.

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1817: After the body of Mary Ashford is found in a pond in a village near Birmingham, the young man who claimed he left her alive and well stood trial for murder. His acquittal outraged the public. But was he really guilty? Published by Pen and Sword.

Brings new insights into their lives and the events that led to their deaths, and includes chapters on baby murders among domestic servants, counterfeiting, husband poisoning, as well as the infamous Eliza Fenning case.

Taunton, 1817. Barrister George Tuckett wakes to discover that his 16-year-old niece Maria Glenn, reputedly the heiress to West Indian sugar plantations, is missing. A true story, with an astonishing ending.